Jerry
"Beemer" Reynolds, esteemed Washington, D.C., correspondent for
Indian Country Today, loves anonymous sources even more than former
New York Times reporter
Judith Miller. But instead of reporting on non-existent WMDs (and going to jail for it) Reynolds lets us know what's really important -- the
thoughts of our favorite lobbyists!
Just don't ask those lobbyists to be quoted by name. In Reynolds' latest
Washington report, he makes up for his failure to attend last week's House Interior appropriations
hearing by asking his favorite Capitol Hill sources what they thought about it:
Long-time observers of the case on Capitol Hill, commenting on condition of anonymity due to the contentiousness of the Cobell proceedings, expressed certainty the government will not part with anything close to $58 billion.
...
Another assortment of Capitol Hill observers, again commenting on condition of anonymity and again for the same reason, said the remarks may presage a significantly lower-than-requested appropriation for so-called IIM accounting.
Well, Indianz.Com WAS there, and not only did we not see Jerry Reynolds there, we didn't see any of these so called "long-time" observers. There were approximately three actual Indian people in attendance (besides government folk) and none of them resembled Jerry's go-to guys -- namely,
Paul Moorehead, former
Senate Indian Affairs Committee staffer and occasional Reynolds anonymous source.
So can you identify this gaggle of observers? We have no clue but we can bet where the found out the information they so readily commented on! Blog-ho!
